cúlionad

Irish

Etymology

From cúl +‎ ionad.

Noun

cúlionad m (genitive singular cúlionaid, nominative plural cúlionaid)

1. (art) background

Declension

Declension of cúlionad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cúlionad cúlionaid Vocative a chúlionaid a chúlionada Genitive cúlionaid cúlionad Dative cúlionad cúlionaid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cúlionad na cúlionaid Genitive an chúlionaid na gcúlionad Dative leis an gcúlionad don chúlionad leis na cúlionaid

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúlionad	chúlionad	gcúlionad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúlionad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cúlionad” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.